For public health protection, the city of Kirkland has closed the swimming beach at Juanita Beach Park after being notified by King County Department of Water and Land Resources Division of elevated fecal coliform levels. As part of King County’s swimming beach monitoring program, samples were taken from Kirkland’s Juanita Beach this week and tested by the King County Environmental Lab and evaluated by Public Health- Seattle and King County. The closure is expected through the weekend of August 21 – 23 and possibly longer. The swimming area is currently posted as “No swimming” and “No wading.” For the current status of the swimming area at Juanita Beach, please call 425-587-3860.